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Over 100-year-old cooperative society transforming lives of farmers in PunjabA century-old cooperative in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district is empowering farmers with loans, equipment rentals, and ultra-low-cost biogas. T...
Projects worth over Rs 30,000 crore reviewed during PRAGATI session: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that projects worth over Rs 30,000 crore were reviewed during the latest PRAGATI session, cov...
PM Modi asks states to resolve water disputes through cooperation, tech monitoringPrime Minister Narendra Modi has called for cooperative solutions to inter-state water disputes. He emphasized technology-based monitoring ...
Fuel shortages from Iran war threaten Asia’s biggest food stapleIran War: Farmers across Southeast Asia face a crisis as missiles flew in th Middle East. Soaring fuel and fertilizer prices, driven by the...
India and Switzerland to collaborate on urban search and rescueThe International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG), of which Switzerland is a founding member, is a UN based and globally recogni...
Spowdi´s zero-emission irrigation system resonates with small-hold farmers : Business Sweden
Centre is taking steps to strengthen agriculture sector, looking to ease farmers' lives: ModiModi was speaking after inaugurating three projects in Gujarat- one each related to agriculture, healthcare and tourism development- via vi...
Restoring land for livelihoods, climate and economyBetter management of existing water systems, along with the use of more efficient irrigation technologies are essential.
Government's special scheme for farmers for the installation of solar pumps and grid-connected solar power plantsThrough this scheme, the government targets to add 25,750 MW of combined solar capacities by the year 2022.
Agriculture sector representatives submit Budget wish list to finance ministerThe government must extend benefits of the PM Kisan scheme to landless farmers and farm workers, said Ajay Vir Jakhar, chairman of the Bhar...
Fate of sugarcane growers is tied to the health of sugar factories: SK PattanayakThe recent package for sugar factories is mainly to tide over the current problems caused by the recent bumper sugarcane production, says S...
Working to ensure that farmers who don't own land get agriculture loans: PM ModiThe PM said crop residue burning has harmful effects, and if the crop residue is instead returned to the soil through machines, it will hav...
Gujarat's Solar Irrigation Cooperative has a solution for groundwater crisisSolar pumps pay for themselves over the years by providing cheap and uninterrupted power, while costing little by way of maintenance.
This Gujarat village is harvesting a sunny cropIn February this year, six farmers in Dhundi village, about 35km from the milk city of Anand, registered the world's first solar irrigation...
I am losing my heart to Uttar Pradesh: Ratan TataTata said the often "misunderstood and underplayed" UP is a state that will "take its place in the country and lead the way, in many ways".
Agricultural ties with Israel helping Indian farmersIsraeli farm technology has helped farmers in about 500 acres to switch to vegetables and floriculture.
90 per cent subsidy for use of drip irrigation in agri sector: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu NaiduStressing that power and agriculture sectors are inter-related, CM said that steps are being taken to ensure uninterrupted 24-hour electric...
Jain Irrigation bags Rs 385 crore project from Karnataka governmentJain Irrigation Systems has bagged a Rs 385.7-crore project from the Karnataka government that would benefit 35 villages of Bagalkot distri...
Agri companies now prefer solar powered products in rural IndiaIf manufacturing companies are to be believed, threshing, fodder cutting, tractor, desalination and water purification, all this would soon...
- NABARD reports 50% higher funding in Gujarat in FY2012
NABARD's financial assistance for supporting agriculture, rural development and rural infrastructure development in the Gujarat increased b...